It is a sweet romance, great characters. A strong, educated woman, single mother trying to make it in her world. Get a Genie, named Gene is a funny way. I laughed and cried with the story. The genie twist was new and inventive. ( )

Ugh. Not great. I love fantasy, and I like romance books where the romance isn't necessarily the only thing propelling it, so I was hoping this book would be like that. Unfortunately, our protagonist is almost anti-feminist in her attempts to assert herself and wavers back and forth so quickly at the slightest motivation that I really didn't care much if she ended up with her guy. She actually said the words "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, I'm not going to tell you." Ew... Finn tries to elevate the book above a simple romance by over-quoting classic literature and trying for eloquent descriptions, but I didn't really feel that it worked. Gene's great though--I enjoyed the manly Australian genie being kind and devoted and doing the dishes. Can I have one? ( )

A romantic comedy featuringa genie in a bottle from my friend Lucy Finn.